Essays originally published in an editorial series in La Presse and the Toronto star. "A project of the Dominion Institute"--Cover [dust jacket].

Imagining Canada's 153rd birthday / by Andrew Cohen -- Canada under attack : story of a foreseen terror / by Richard Htu -- Sô Paulo of the north : the effects of mass immigration / by Daniel Stoffman -- The baby boomers' tab : already $40 billion in 2020 / by Pierre Fortin -- Whither the Canadian economy? / by Don Drummond -- The United Nations in decline / by Jennifer Welsh -- The curse of Alberta / by Roger Gibbins -- Nalunaktuq : the Arctic as force, instead of resource / by Rachel A. Qitsualik -- Two 2020 scenarios / by George Elliot Clarke -- The future of democracy / by Mark Kingwell -- Canada sans Quebec : the fifty-first state / by Chantal Hbert -- Boomers in an ideological, political, and environmental cauldron / by David Walker -- Ignoring the canaries / by David Suzuki -- The republic of North America / by Stphane Kelly -- Canada's economic structure : back to the future? / by Jim Stanford -- A fortunate country / by David K. Foot -- Canadian foreign policy in 2020 : a different player in a different world / by Marie Bernard-Meunier -- Back to work : unemployment and the fall and rise of Canada's traditional values / by Brian Lee Crowley -- Canada and its peacekeepers in 2020 / by Noah Richler -- Since time immemorial (plus twelve years) / by Drew Hayden Taylor -- Canada in 2020 / by Al Avlicino [citizen essay, winner] -- A Canadian unity manifesto / by Dave Hayward [citizen essay, runner up] -- Peace, order, and good government : an optimist's opus / by Eric Mang [citizen essay, runner up].